FIFA sells 1.8 million tickets for Qatar's World Cup

DOHA: Organizers have sold 1.8 million tickets for this year's World Cup in Qatar, world soccer governing body FIFA said on Wednesday ahead of the next round of ticket sales that opens on July 5. There is a special category of tickets available only to residents of host nation Qatar and fans in the Gulf Arab state have bought the largest number of tickets, FIFA said. Aside from Qatar, the top countries where fans bought tickets are Canada, England, France, Germany, India, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, FIFA said in a press release.

FIFA expects to offer a total of 3 million match tickets during the 28-day tournament, which kicks off November 21, a spokesperson said. Agencies

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